Corn gatherer and husker.



G. YOUR GORN GATHERER AND HUSKBR. APPLICATION FILED TEE.5,1912.

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G. YOUNGER. I CORN GATHEREE AND HUSKER. I APPLIGATION FILED FEB.5, 1912.

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G.YOUNGER, CORN GATHBBER AND HUSKBR.

APPLICATION IILED FEB.5, 1912 1990,3719 Patented Mar. 17,1914,

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onmLEs YoUNsnn, or nusitvILLE; INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T AILPEEUS P. WALKER AND ONE HAIqF TO CHARLES ALL 015 CRUSHVLuLE, INDIANA.

B. SMITH AND MARSHALL E. NEWHOUSE,

CORN GATHERER AND I-IUSKER.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, CHARLES Yomvonn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Rushville, county of Rush, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain useful Corn Gatherer and Husker; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invent-ion is to provide an improved corn gatherer and husker which shall be capable of gathering corn stalks as they are found in the fielchwhethers'tanding or fallen, separating the ears therefrom, shucking them and elivering them to 'a suitable storage receptacle,

The features of the invention lie in so associating the working parts of the machine-that the general direction of movement of the corn-therethrough remains the same, and in oscillatably mounting a gatherer framein such a manner that it may be elevated from the ground and automatically throw the of ear.

rt-her features lie in mounting the .mechanis'm upon a three wheeled truck of which'the forward wheels bear the load and in attaching the" tongue so that sudden pull machine ofl its balance and run the gatherer points into the ground. I i

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and -36 the following description and claims:

In the drawings, Figure 1 .is a perspective view of the front of the machine, the tongue being broken away. Fig. 2 is a right-handelevation, showing the gatherer points rest 40, mg upon the ground. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a right-hand elevation, with portions broken away and por- 'tions removed, showing the gatherer elevated from" the ground; Fig. 5 is a detail of 45 vt-he operatingrlever shown in Fig. 4:, Fig. 6 1 isaverticaltransverse section on the line -6--6'-'of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is asection on the line 7-5-7 of Fig. 2. showing the means for driving'the upper husking rolls. Fig. 8 is 602a section on theline 8 -8; of Fig. 2,-with 1 ,portions'broken away and portions removed,

' showing the method ofdrivi'ngthe snapping rolls. Fig.- 9'isj-a transverse section'on-the line-a o of Fi 2,- win; ortions omitted Specification of Letters Patent. I Aptflication filed February 5, 1912. Serial in). 675,624.

gatherer driving mechanism out' by the team or tractor will not throw the Patented f7, 1914.

'11 is a side elevation of Fig. 10. Fig. 12

is a vertical transverse section on the line 1L-12 of Fig. 3. Fig. 13 is a section on the line lid-13 of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a perspective of a pusher link in the husker conveyer chains. Fig. 15 is a-perspective of a portion of the. gatherer conveyor chains. Fig. 16 is an enlarged viewjof the ri hthand portion of Fig. 10, showing the parts in inoperative, position. Fi 17 is a section on the line 17--17 of Flg. 16. Fig. 18 is.a section through the gatherer frame, looking toward the engine. Fig. 19 is a rear elevation of Fig. 18. Fig. 20 is a plan view of the gatherer frame with portions of the associated parts removed. Fig. 21 is a section on the -line 21-21 of Fig. 20.

' In detail there is shown in the drawings, a corn gatherer and husker having gatherers and 31 secured upon a'frame 32 which is pivotally mounted in connection with a idler, the tongue 35 being hinged to the frame about midway thereof. and having vertical play through a slotted portion 37 in the forward part of said frame. The frame of said truck'has a side extension 38 which surrounds the tractor wheel 39 and affords bearings for the gatherer frame 32.

The gatherers 30 and 31.nre somewhat similar inshape and are formed of sheet metal plates 10 which are bent-downward and inward toward the snapping rolls 5 7 and Y58 hereafter described. Said plates h'avqtheir upper edges flanged at right angles to the main portion. Said plates are secured to the gatherer'frame 32 and at the forward ends plow shares 41 are riveted, see Figs. 1 and 2. A sprocket wheel 42, se-' cured to thetractor wheel 39, drives the. sprocket wheel on a shaft 44 through a chain 415. The shaft 14 is mountedbelow the rear barof 'the gatherer frame 32 by means ofbraclets 4:6 and 135 securedthereto and extending downward therefrom, see Fig.1'10; Beveled gears ,(t'lf,g'splined oil-mid shaft 44 mesh with beveled pinions 48 on shafts 19 which carry sprocket wheels 50 for driving the gatherer chains 51. There is a sprocket wheel 58 mounted on eachv of the 5 forwardly extending portions 52 and 58 of the gatherer frame 32 and there is an opening in the gather-er plates 40 adjacent thereto, such that one side of each of the closed gatherer chains 51 lies within the .space hetween the inclined plates 40 and the other side lies outside of said plates, see Figs. 1

and'3. Said gatherer chains have pusher or conveyer links 54 at intervals therein, see

Fig. 15, which have projections thereon and as the machine is drawn through the field the tractive'efi'ort of the wheel 89 will,

through the chain 45, shaft 44 and beveled gears 47 and 48, cause said chains 51 to move in the direction of the arrows shown in Fig.

2 3, and will push the stalks of corn toward the snapping rolls.

There are two snapping rolls 5'? and 58 which are inclined downwardly toward the front of the machine, as shown in Fig. 2,

and have their forward ends mounted on inwardly extending bars 59 from the frame 38 and between the gatherers and 31 in such a manner that the rolls are spaced apart a short distance. The rear ends of said rolls 30 are mounted in a plate 61 secured at the rear of said" frame 38. The roll 5'? lies slightly below the roll 58 and to one side and there is a spiral projection or thread on said roll 57 for forcing corn' stalks toward the rear. The

shafts of the snapping rolls 57 and 58 extending through the rear supporting plate 61, have sprocket wheels 62 and 63,. respectively, keyed thereon, which are driven through the chain 64 from a sprocket wheel 65 on a shaft 66, driven by the internal C0111.

bustion engine on the truck 33.

Asshown in the drawings, there is an internal combustion, engine 34 mounted on the truck 33 and this is suitably geared to drive theshaft 67 which carries a sprocket wheel 68 and drives the shaft 69 by means of the chain 70 and sprocket 71 on said shaft.

Said shaft. 69. is mounted on the rear end of the frame 38 and on its outer end, as

shown in Fig. 3, carries a bevel gear '72 which meshes with abevel gear 73 on the shaft 66 on the other end of which is keyed the sprocket wheel 65, before mentioned.

The beveled gears '2'5 keyed on the shaft 69 and meshin with the beveled gears 76 on the shafts 7 serve to drive the lower husking rolls -78. The beveled gear 79. secured on said shaft 69', drives the elevating and conveying apparatuahereafter noted.

The husking rollsa're four in number, ar-

ranged in airs rotated in the directions shown in .igJQF 'TheloWer husking rolls 78 have finedbearings in the plates 81 secured to the longitudinal frame bars 82 at the rear and in some short plates 83 secured oa er-i 91 may have vertical movement. There is a plate 98 which bears on the upper husking rolls 91 and is drawn downward by the action of a spring 9 1 surrounding a bolt 95 which extends through said plates 98 and 85. Said spring bears against the plate 85 and a nut 96 on the bolt 95. The gears 88 and 89 are provided with long narrow teeth,- such that they may remain in mesh when the upper husking rolls 91 are separated from the lower rolls 78. Said husking rolls aresubstantially circular in cross section and have on their surface alternate rows of p'rojecting pins 179 and cavities 8O gfslightly larger diameter than the pins 179. The

lower and upper husking rolls are so related that the pins 17 9 will'mesh with the cavities 80, as the rolls are rotated. The axes of all 'four of the husking rolls are parallel with I the axes of the snapping rolls, although not in the same plane with the axes of both the snapping rolls.

The conveyor plate 86 is supported by the slightly below the center of the lower husking plate 85, as before mentioned; and

rolls 78. Said plate 86 has a central up- I ward projection 18? with leaf springs 188,

secured at both sides. Said springsare in- A clined toward the rear and one end lies over the conveyor chain 189. The conveyer chains 189 are driven from sprocket wheels 98 keyed to the shaft 69 and the upper side,

of said chains 189 travels in a groove 99 in I i the upper side of the plate 86. Thereare r 11c sprocket wheels 100, see Figs.- 2 and 3, secured to the longitudinal bars 82 near the forward end of the husking rolls over which the chain 189 passes and there arevguide sprockets 101 secured to the underneath side of the bars 82 near the rear end of the frame.

The bevel gear 79', secured on the shaft-69, meshes with a second beveled gear 103 on' the same shaft with a sprocket wheel 10 k 3 I ing apparatus may be of any desired con- I struction. As here shown there is a 'belt 106 carrying buckets 10.7 thereon, which travels over pulleys 108 and 109, picking up the corn in the buckets 107 from the bin 110and discharging it, into the storage bin 111.

The gatherer frame32, before mentioned, is formed of tubing or other suitable ma terial andis mounted upon the truck flame in such a manner that it may be turned from which is adapted to drive the lower'shaft: i

of the'elevating apparatus. Said'elevat-' eeew 112 from the truck frame bars 38 and 8 2,

while the end of the bar 211 is pivoted on a pm 113 in the main frame 114- of the truck 33, see Fig. 3. The end of the bar surrounding the pm 113 is slotted longitudinally to allow a turning of the frame as the pin 113 is not in line with the hearings on the brackets 112. The forward ends of the bars 52 and 53 are flared outwardly. The

. gatherer frame is oscillated and the shares 41 are elevated by means about to be described.

A short-shaft 115,. coaxial with the shaft 67 and having bearing in the outer bearing 1-16 for said shaft and in a. bracket 11? secured to the frame 114, carries cranks 118 and 119 secured thereon. The crank 118 has a bifurcated end pivotally connected with one end of a link 120, whose other end is pivoted between lugs 121 on the under side of the rear bar of the gatherer frame 32, see Figs.'2, 4, 10 and 12, The end of. the crank 119 is connected through the reach-rod 122, see dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4, withthe operating lever 123 mounted on the frame bar 114. It will be readily understood that a rearward movementof the lever 123 will depress the rear and elevate the forward end of the gatherer frame 32. There is a pulley 124 free to turn upbn the shaft 115 upon which the chain and sprocket wheel 43 gatherer frame.

An automatic means is -provided for throwing the gatherer chain out of gear with its driving mechanism when the gatherer frame is moved to its inoperative position. As shown in Figs. 10 and 16, there is a,clutch 125 on the shaft 44 for engaging the hub 126 of the sprocket wheel 43 and a spring 127 surrounding the shaft 44 and bearing against the bracket 135 and the extended hub 128 of saidsprocket 43 for causing suchengagement. A groove 129 is cut about said extended hub 128 into which extend two oppositely disposed fingers 130 on the arm 131 secured to .the operatin shaft 133. Said shaft extends through an has bearing in the brackets 135 and has its outer end 134 bent at a right angle, as shown will bear in the operated position of the in Fig. 16. 1 Lugs 136 on the outside ofthe bracket 135 aii'ord bearings for a vertical portion 1.3? of the actuating arm, whose upper'portion 138 is bent at right angles I thereto and with its lower portion 139 also bent at a right angle but in a plane at 90 degrees with the plane of the arms 137 and 138. The end 141) of the arm is bent at a right angle with the portion 139 and lies in the same plane with the'port-ions 137 and and engages the bent end of the shaft from the frame bar 114 adapted when the frame 32 is elevated to engage the' end 138 of the actuating arm and move the several parts from the dotted to the full line posi-' tion shown in Fig. 16, and cause the separa tion of the clutch members 125 and 126.

In operation the machine is drawn into the cornfield, the lever 123 is then operated to depress the shares 41 of the gatherer frame, the internal combustion engine34 is started, the working parts thrown into angagement with it, and the machine is then drawn through the field with one gatherer frame on each side of a row of corn. Should There s an upward projection 141.

any stalks be lying upon the ground they will be icked up by the gatherer frame and the pus 1er links 54 on the chain 51 will assist in moving both the fallen and stand the machine, but the unhusked ears ofcorn' will fallonto one of the husker conveyer chains 189 at the forward end of the plate 86, from whence they will be pushed towarg the rear by the pusher links 102 on sai chain and pressed to one side by the springs against the oppositely turning husking rolls 78 andfil, where the husks will be caught between the pins 179 and cavities 80 on said rolls and pulled from the ears, Thehusked corn will be carried to the rear by said 'cliains-1'89'and deposited in the hopper 110 from which they are elevated by the belt conveyer and discharged into the storage bin .at the rear of the machine.

By the-three wheel construction here used, a great advant ge is derived that of being able to direct y control the direction of travel of the gatherers, as the smallest side movement of the team will cause a movement of the gatherers, while in a four wheel construction the gatherers are uninfluenced by a small side movement of the team and only have their direction of travel changed when, after the team has given a wide side movement, the direction'of the rear wheels is changed which causes corresponding change of the gatherers.

- I claim as my invention:

1. A corn gathering machine including a truck, means for gathering the corn from standing stalks and having dividersspaced apart to form a stalk passage between them, said gathering means being fulcrumed between its ends on said truck, means for oscillating the gathering means on a transverse axis whereby the ends will be vertic'ally adjusted, and snapping rolls associated with said gathering means.

i 2. A corn gathering machine including a. trunk, means for gathering the'corn "from standing stalks and having dividers spaced apart to form a stalk passage between them, said gathering means being iulcruined between its ends, means for oscillating the gathering means on a transverse axis Whereby the ends thereof will he vertically adjusted. and snapping rolls associated with said gathering means.

3. A corn gathering machine including snap rolls journaled in fixed bearings gathering means tor gathering the corn from standing stalks and having dividers spaced apart to .t'orm a stalk passage between. them and located above the snap rolls and fulerumed between its ends near the forward end of the snap rolls and extending rearward beyond the snap rolls, and means for osrillatahly adjusting the rear end of the gathering means, whereby its adjustment will not interfere with the snap rolls.

4. A corn gathering and bushing machine including a frame, a gathering means having dividers spaced apart to form a stalk passage between them and fulcrmned between its ends in said frame, means for oscillatably adjusting said gathering means, snap rolls under the rear portion thereof, and husking rolls under the snap rolls andjgatherin'g means and extending rearward and longitudinally thereof.

5. A corn gathering machine including a 35 truck adapted to be drawnitlirough acorn held, a gathering frame oscillatably mounted on said truck, means for oscillatably and vertically adjusting said frame, chains mov- I able loi'igitudinally of said frame for draw- 49 ing in the corn stalks and gathering the corn, and means actuated,by said adjusting means for stopping and starting the chains.

-6. A corn gathering machine including a truek adapted to be drawn through a corn 5 fiehh-a gathering frame oseillatably mount-- ed on said truck, means for oscillating and vertically adjusting said frame, chains movahle longitudinally of said frame for-draw ing in the corn stalks and gathering the 5:3, corn, and means operated by the movement of said frame for starting and stopping said chains.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the present-e of the 55 Witnesses herein named. CHARLES YGUNGER. Witnesses: I

SAMUEL L. Innis, James Bnnnhrirr. 

